Favorite Flies?

not2muchxperience · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: Favorite Flies?

I was just wondering, what's everybody's favorite patterns?
(my screename is for hunting, ive been fly fishing for a while)

njsimonson · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:34 am Post subject:

Pheasant Tail Nymph for a wet fly, Elk-Hair Caddis for dry fly.

Chuck Loftis' EZ Perch for streamer.

not2muchxperience · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject:

yeah they are pretty nice. The ants are what gets the trout here

huntn'geek! · guest Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Maryland

Sup Birdman?? Ya i would have to go with the wooly bugger variety, a good fly that looks good most times of the year. But i havent fished with everything yet still a bit new, but learning fast!

not2muchxperience · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah man! Just keep going out. That's the only way to learn!
P.S. Welcome

Savage Rookie · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject:

good old royal coachmen hasn't failed me yet, with the exception of hatch time.

not2muchxperience · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject:

I found this one spot where all they eat is sculpin, all year round...kinda freakish.

Lil Sand Bay · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:07 am Post subject:

When in doubt... throw an Adams

Goose Guy350 · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:21 am Post subject:

Parachute blue wing olive for a dry, or basically most of the parachutes, and then my favorite is a little creation I tie that represents a swimming damsel fly nymph, mine is somewhat similar to AK Best's swimming damsel, works like a charm on slow moving water or lakes for trout.

jgat · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:32 pm Post subject:

On my trout stream here in Sconny, blue wing olives, elk hair caddis, and in August you gotta love trico's!

not2muchxperience · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

I think the most fun fly to tie is whitlock's mouserat

njsimonson · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

Funnest to tie: Royal Stim.

not2muchxperience · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject:

I'm not familiar with that one, can you post a pic?

Madison · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:30 am Post subject:

Fishing mostly the Great lakes my fav's are X-Legs, Lester browns, Joel's Bugger, whiskey fly, elk hair caddis, stonefly imitations, Spring Wigglers and wooly worms..

Habitat Hugger · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

All of the above flies plus a fly box full of the endless varieties and colors of woolly worms and leeches.

njsimonson · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:35 am Post subject:

Royal Stimulator is below:

308 · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject:

Adams or Royal Wulf

A+Town Angler · guest Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 20 Location: anacortes WA

well that royal stimulator shown above works VERY well for larger trout such as the cutthroats and i like the adams parachute for dolly vardens.. but by far my favorite is the elk hair caddis for golden trout! they work excellent in Gold Creek, near Twisp Wa.

johngfoster · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject:

I think my favorite is the stimulator with yellow body and orange thorax tied with red thread. I've had the best luck in the high mountain lakes and streams with the plain old elk hair caddis. For nymphs my new favorite is the lightning bug, but have had great success with a prince nymph, copper John, and gold-ribbed hares ear. For the Big Horn river a soft-hackle sow bug is hard to beat.

A+Town Angler · guest Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 20 Location: anacortes WA

yeah i love the elk hair caddis... i was experimenting with saltwater flyfishing around here on the incomiing tide, and Sculpins work damn good for the sea run cutthroats around here. ...

Ginger Quill · guest Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 28 Location: Lebanon, PA

The good old bead head Pheasant Tail nymph. Deadly.

Stonegoblet · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

I've yet to try one, but I hear the Carey Special is truly a prize winner.

Wyomingpredator · Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

goldbeaded nilla bugger for bigger trout, and a homemade all white fly for the local trout ponds, fished right at dusk it is awesome.

td321 · guest Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 12

mainly depends on where your fishing but i think a good old wooly bugger is good anywhere

iceman09 · guest Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 20

Not very many nymphs... hmm... i really like the rubber-legged hare's ear. or a gold bead scud for spring creeks and for the larger water i like a wooly bugger

Powerfisher · guest Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 42 Location: Lake Tahoe

Hopper and a dropper. Cant beat it. Match the hopper and I like to drop a Flashback PT or a Prince. Or, seine the river and match the hatch. Float the adult and drop the pupa.

bluesman · guest Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 61 Location: Indiana

I like parachute hackled flies. They look more realistic and you can tye a parachute dry fly for alot of patterns. Also like wingless stripped quill bodied dry flies with the tall hackle. They don't get waterlogged. Can't leave out trimmed hair bodied flies like the Rat Faced mcDougal etc. They float well too.

kingcanada · guest Joined: 18 Sep 2009 Posts: 164 Location: Lander, Wy

sorry, no magic bullet. it depends on available food for the fish. i tie my own variations, but always carry nymphs to cover the following: stonefly, caddis, mayfly, and midge. come summer, always carry hoppers too. i am in wyoming. things may be different elsewhere. here is a fish taken last spring on a #18 coyote caddis. we caught fish in the 23" range in a local resevoir for 6 weeks last spring. helps get me through to hunting season!

duckslyr · guest Joined: 27 Nov 2008 Posts: 222 Location: Minot ND

BH pheasant tail, zebra midge, elk hair caddis, hopper.